Main entry:

McMillan, Michael.

Title & Author:

The front room : migrant aesthetics in the home / Michael McMillan.

Publication:

London : Black Dog, ©2009.

Description:

143 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Grandad's home brew -- Migrant aesthetics in the front room -- The 'West Indian' front room -- Arrival and the struggle to find a home -- The Pardner hand, green shield stamps and HP (hire purchase) -- The top ten things in the front room -- The paraffin heater -- The 'Blue Spot' radiogram and Jim Reeves -- The glass cabinet -- The drinks trolley and other furniture -- Crochet and curtains -- The ornaments -- Artificial flowers -- Wallpaper and carpet -- The things on the wall -- When the TV and telephone arrived -- Front room angel -- Prayer meetings, christenings and funerals -- Children in the front room -- Dressed by women and used by men : 'a room of her own' : gendering the front room -- Familial dress relations and the West Indian front room -- What happened to the front room? : a time had passed -- Van Huis Uit : the living room of migrants in the Netherlands -- A Sedari from Morocco -- The Indonesian 'Dutch wife' -- The Surinamese 'jealousy chair' and Antillean aloe vera -- Returnees and remittances.

Summary:

"The Front Room' discusses issues of race, class, alienation, nationalities, identifications and aspirations with a social, historical and cultural view of the notion of the living room or 'front room."

ISBN:

1906155852 (pbk.)
9781906155858 (pbk.)

Subject:

Interior decoration Social aspects Great Britain.
Immigrants Dwellings Great Britain.
Living rooms Social aspects Great Britain.
Immigrants Great Britain Social conditions.
Rooms in art.
Décoration intérieure Aspect social Grande-Bretagne.
Pièces (Architecture) dans l'art.
Immigrants Social conditions.
Interior decoration Social aspects.
Living rooms Social aspects.
Wohnungseinrichtung
Einwanderer
Wohnungseinrichtung Einwanderung Bildband.
Einwanderung Wohnungseinrichtung Bildband.
Wohnungseinrichtung Ethnische Identität Bildband.
Ethnische Identität Wohnungseinrichtung Bildband.
Inredning sociala aspekter Storbritannien.
Invandrare hem och bostäder Storbritannien.
Vardagsrum sociala aspekter Storbritannien.
Inredning sociala aspekter Nederländerna.
Invandrare hem och bostäder Nederländerna.
Vardagsrum sociala aspekter Nederländerna.
Great Britain.
Großbritannien

Holdings:

Location: Library main 267559
Call No.: BIB 199542
Status: Available